Atlanta Medical Clinic: Medical Blog
Hip Pain: Common Conditions
You may experience hip pain as a result of injury (traumatic pain) or illness (nontraumatic pain). This article will focus on typical nontraumatic sources of hip pain. • The role of the synovium • Typical contributors to nontraumatic pain • Expert help to stop...
Understanding Pain Management
Pain management options for the millions of people who suffer from chronic pain, isn't always clear. It can be confusing to determine which specialists and treatments will be the most effective at alleviating our pain and restoring normal functionality. Continued...
How to Pinpoint Neuropathy Pain
Nerve pain, also known as neuropathy pain, has grown to epidemic proportions, according to The Neuropathy Association. Currently, 15 to 18 million people in the United States suffer from diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN). Previous estimates of neuropathy placed the...
TV and Junkfood Go Hand in Hand
Most Americans like to spend some of their evening or weekend time watching professional sports or weekly TV shows. However, many of us also find ourselves eating snack foods on the couch. Recent research reveals that additional time spent watching television leads to...
Where Does the Fat Go When We Lose Weight?
Although dieting and exercising are extraordinarily popular in the industrialized world, more than half of healthcare professionals don’t know how fat leaves the body when we get rid of unwanted pounds, according to researchers at the University of New South Wales...
Tips To Improve Office Back Pain
Many of us have experienced low back pain (LBP), and a quick look at recent statistics reveals just how common the condition is: almost 10% of people worldwide suffer from LBP, which is also the #1 cause of disability. All those suffering from low back pain are in...
2015 Nutrition Tips
The beginning of any new year is a great time to make weight loss and wellness goals, but many people don’t succeed with their efforts. The San Diego Union-Tribune spoke with clinical nutritionist Tara Coleman about how critical nutrition is to a healthy lifestyle,...
Why Seniors Do Not Eat Enough
Although nutrition deficiencies were readily apparent, almost 4 out of every 5 malnourished seniors had never received a malnutrition diagnosis, reports a study that appeared in Annals of Emergency Medicine in August 2014. Doctors neglecting nutrition warning signs...
The Benefits of Grapefruit
Natural food stores and best-selling authors point those interested in weight loss to the “superfruit,” a marketing term first used in 2005. Although superfruit is a loose term without an official scientific designation, it typically refers to exotic produce such as...
Positive Effects of Core Strength on Lower Back Pain
Many Americans who suffer from lower back pain (LBP) don’t realize how incredibly common the health condition is, as indicated by a stat list from the American Chiropractic Association: Per the Global Burden of Disease 2010 (an annual report created by the Institute...